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On the recordOctober 24, 1960
Only the President of the United States speaks for California and Illinois and Massachusetts, and he speaks for more than the United States.
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John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Democratic · Massachusetts

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Remarks of Senator John F. Kennedy, Street Rally, Elgin, IL

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